Opinion / Columnist
War veterans should take the blame
27 Mar 2016 at 10:31hrs | Views
THE sad story of war veterans, the vanguards of the country's liberation struggle, has been with us for quite some time now.
I have decided to chew the bullet ahead of their meeting with President Mugabe on April 7, 2016. There is some truth that these comrades should be told, it's high time.
You see, these comrades have been letting people confuse their niceness for a weakness for too long and now some people are really taking them for granted. Vamwe kusvika pakutovarova and using canisters - the ones that were used by the Smith regime to terrorize them during the colonial days.
The New International Version of the Holy Book in Proverbs 1vs 22 asks: "How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?"
How long will the war veterans continue playing the nice guys? How long will they allow those who mock them to continue and how long will they allow fools to continue hating knowledge?
Don't get me wrong dear reader, I am not trying to incite war veterans to turn violent or anything of that sort. No.
My beef with the war veterans is that for far too long, they have let pretenders lead their association and these pretenders are now soiling the good name of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association.
Just look at how Jabulani Sibanda is messing up things for the war veterans. Just look at how Christopher Mutsvangwa has been conducting himself. And don't laugh at this because it's not a laughing matter, just look at how Mandiitawepi Chimene, of all the people, is messing up things for the war veterans. There are quite a few other carton characters who have been making noise in the name of the war veterans.
Again, don't get me wrong dear reader, I am not saying these comrades are not war veterans but the truth is that when we talk about commanders from the liberation struggle, these little boys and girls are your pre-school class monitors.
Where are the trainers of these comrades who are busy making noise? The ones who gave birth to the liberation struggle.
The ones who got real political orientation straight from the Chinese instructors who spoke about chairman Mao's rich ideology. Not some of these pretenders who got political orientation through song and dance.
I am talking of the pioneers at Mgagao, I am talking of those who went for military training in Nanking province in China, not pretenders who crossed into Mozambique and never saw action at the war front.
I am talking of the Group of 45 that went for military training in Ghana in 1964, not pretenders who crossed into Mozambique after it had become fashionable to join the struggle.
I am talking of the first group of female combatants that crossed into Zambia around 1973. The group that stopped going for their menstrual cycles after carrying heavy weapons on countless trips of more than 50 km to the Zambezi River from inland Zambia, not pretenders who followed their boyfriends to Mozambique because they had been made pregnant at the war front.
I am talking about the instructors and the commanders who joined the liberation struggle in its infancy who know the importance of respecting their commanders. I am talking about all the senior commanders at the different levels, who know the importance of respecting ranks and hierarchy.
I am not talking about pretenders who think just because they crossed into Mozambique after dozing themselves with Marxism, they are special.
Where are these veterans of the war veterans?
No names for now, but the war veterans know what I am talking about. Why are these veterans letting small boys and small girls appear as if they are the ones who executed the war?
Now see what the small boys and small girls are doing to both the liberation struggle and the war veterans themselves? Kuita mahumbwe chaiwo!
After attending a high-powered meeting that was also attended by several Government ministers together with Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander Dr Constantine Chiwenga, Air Force of Zimbabwe Commander, Air Marshal Perrance Shiri, Zimbabwe National Army Commander Lieutenant-General Philip Valerio Sibanda and Commissioner-General of Police Dr Augustine Chihuri, Central Intelligence Organisation Deputy Director-General Aaron Daniel Tonde Nhepera and Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services Deputy Commissioner-General Fadzai Mupfure who represented their bosses Retired Major-Generals Paradzai Zimondi and Happyton Bonyongwe respectively, poor Chimene thought she could play a fast one.
She sent one George Mlala to some press conference where he said war veterans were not happy that the association's national chairperson Christopher Mutsvangwa had attended the meeting in preparation for the big meeting with President Mugabe.
By the way, this Chimene had been told by the High Court that she should stop masquerading as the interim chairperson of the war veterans after claiming to have passed a vote of no confidence in Mutsvangwa.
Reports say Chimene vowed that she would defy the court ruling. Ndiko kudhakwa kwacho nepower here uku or this is just some reckless woman amplifying another man's tomfoolery?
Well, Bishop Lazarus says maybe we should not blame Chimene. Let's blame the veterans of the war veterans who are letting twanana tuchimhanya mudziva nemoto.
Isaiah 32 vs 6 says: "Fools speak foolishness and make evil plans." Are we not watching as fools speak foolishness and make evil plans?
From tomorrow, its exactly 10 days to April 7 when war veterans are supposed to meet President Mugabe. Who exactly is the President going to meet, pretenders or the real owners of the liberation struggle?
Reports say the April 7 meeting will strictly be by invite, who exactly is going to be invited? How will pretenders be separated from the real owners of the struggle? How about the gate-crashers?
Some will try to play it clever and say, Bishop, the people are the real owners of the struggle and I say if that's the case, then its case closed because on July 31, 2013; the people of Zimbabwe met their commander and showed how happy they were with him.
Bishop is out!
I have decided to chew the bullet ahead of their meeting with President Mugabe on April 7, 2016. There is some truth that these comrades should be told, it's high time.
You see, these comrades have been letting people confuse their niceness for a weakness for too long and now some people are really taking them for granted. Vamwe kusvika pakutovarova and using canisters - the ones that were used by the Smith regime to terrorize them during the colonial days.
The New International Version of the Holy Book in Proverbs 1vs 22 asks: "How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?"
How long will the war veterans continue playing the nice guys? How long will they allow those who mock them to continue and how long will they allow fools to continue hating knowledge?
Don't get me wrong dear reader, I am not trying to incite war veterans to turn violent or anything of that sort. No.
My beef with the war veterans is that for far too long, they have let pretenders lead their association and these pretenders are now soiling the good name of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association.
Just look at how Jabulani Sibanda is messing up things for the war veterans. Just look at how Christopher Mutsvangwa has been conducting himself. And don't laugh at this because it's not a laughing matter, just look at how Mandiitawepi Chimene, of all the people, is messing up things for the war veterans. There are quite a few other carton characters who have been making noise in the name of the war veterans.
Again, don't get me wrong dear reader, I am not saying these comrades are not war veterans but the truth is that when we talk about commanders from the liberation struggle, these little boys and girls are your pre-school class monitors.
Where are the trainers of these comrades who are busy making noise? The ones who gave birth to the liberation struggle.
The ones who got real political orientation straight from the Chinese instructors who spoke about chairman Mao's rich ideology. Not some of these pretenders who got political orientation through song and dance.
I am talking of the pioneers at Mgagao, I am talking of those who went for military training in Nanking province in China, not pretenders who crossed into Mozambique and never saw action at the war front.
I am talking of the Group of 45 that went for military training in Ghana in 1964, not pretenders who crossed into Mozambique after it had become fashionable to join the struggle.
I am talking of the first group of female combatants that crossed into Zambia around 1973. The group that stopped going for their menstrual cycles after carrying heavy weapons on countless trips of more than 50 km to the Zambezi River from inland Zambia, not pretenders who followed their boyfriends to Mozambique because they had been made pregnant at the war front.
I am talking about the instructors and the commanders who joined the liberation struggle in its infancy who know the importance of respecting their commanders. I am talking about all the senior commanders at the different levels, who know the importance of respecting ranks and hierarchy.
I am not talking about pretenders who think just because they crossed into Mozambique after dozing themselves with Marxism, they are special.
Where are these veterans of the war veterans?
No names for now, but the war veterans know what I am talking about. Why are these veterans letting small boys and small girls appear as if they are the ones who executed the war?
Now see what the small boys and small girls are doing to both the liberation struggle and the war veterans themselves? Kuita mahumbwe chaiwo!
After attending a high-powered meeting that was also attended by several Government ministers together with Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander Dr Constantine Chiwenga, Air Force of Zimbabwe Commander, Air Marshal Perrance Shiri, Zimbabwe National Army Commander Lieutenant-General Philip Valerio Sibanda and Commissioner-General of Police Dr Augustine Chihuri, Central Intelligence Organisation Deputy Director-General Aaron Daniel Tonde Nhepera and Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services Deputy Commissioner-General Fadzai Mupfure who represented their bosses Retired Major-Generals Paradzai Zimondi and Happyton Bonyongwe respectively, poor Chimene thought she could play a fast one.
She sent one George Mlala to some press conference where he said war veterans were not happy that the association's national chairperson Christopher Mutsvangwa had attended the meeting in preparation for the big meeting with President Mugabe.
By the way, this Chimene had been told by the High Court that she should stop masquerading as the interim chairperson of the war veterans after claiming to have passed a vote of no confidence in Mutsvangwa.
Reports say Chimene vowed that she would defy the court ruling. Ndiko kudhakwa kwacho nepower here uku or this is just some reckless woman amplifying another man's tomfoolery?
Well, Bishop Lazarus says maybe we should not blame Chimene. Let's blame the veterans of the war veterans who are letting twanana tuchimhanya mudziva nemoto.
Isaiah 32 vs 6 says: "Fools speak foolishness and make evil plans." Are we not watching as fools speak foolishness and make evil plans?
From tomorrow, its exactly 10 days to April 7 when war veterans are supposed to meet President Mugabe. Who exactly is the President going to meet, pretenders or the real owners of the liberation struggle?
Reports say the April 7 meeting will strictly be by invite, who exactly is going to be invited? How will pretenders be separated from the real owners of the struggle? How about the gate-crashers?
Some will try to play it clever and say, Bishop, the people are the real owners of the struggle and I say if that's the case, then its case closed because on July 31, 2013; the people of Zimbabwe met their commander and showed how happy they were with him.
Bishop is out!
Source - sundaymail
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